Web Services Glossary

Name Server - A
computer that maps domain
names (such as "mycompany.com") to IP
addresses (such as "123.123.4.5"). For a domain
name to be functional, it must be associated with at least one name
server.

NIC Handle - Used by Network Solutions. A
unique identifier, comprised of up to 10 alpha-numeric characters that
is assigned to each contact record, domain name
record, and network record in the Network Solutions database.

nslookup - Name Server Lookup; A UNIX utility
used to query Internet
domain name
servers. An nslookup is usually used to find the IP
address corresponding to a hostname.
An nslookup may also be used to find other types of information such as
CNAME - the
canonical name for an alias; MINFO -
mailbox or mail list information; MX - mail
exchanger information; NS - the name
server for the named zone; and SOA the domain's
start-of-authority information.

Post Office Protocol,
Version 3 (POP3) - A protocol
that allows a user to retrieve e-mail
from a mail
server by way of an Internet
connection. POP e-mail is most useful for users who lack a permanent
network connection since it provides a virtual "post office" (the POP server)
that will hold e-mail
until it can be retrieved. POP3 does not specify a particular means of
writing or sending mail; this function is handled by a mail transfer
protocol such as SMTP.

Primary Name
Server - The first name
server queried when attempting to resolve an Internet address or domain
name. If the primary name server is unavailable, the domain name's secondary
name server (if one is defined) will be queried.

Protocol - A set of
formal rules or conventions governing the transmission, treatment, and
formatting of data in an electronic communications system.